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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote a fan letter to Kilgore Trout?
(a) Billy Pilgrim
(b) Eliot Rosewater
(c) Kurt Vonnegut
(d) Paul Lazzaro

2. Who, according to Campbell, would the Americans be fighting if they joined him?
(a) American Communists
(b) Russian Communists
(c) Nazi Socialists
(d) Jewish people

3. How long had the British soldiers been prisoners of war?
(a) A year and a half
(b) Two years
(c) Eight months
(d) Four years

4. When was Billy kidnapped by the Tralfamadorans?
(a) After dinner in 1957
(b) During the march in 1944
(c) On a night in 1967
(d) One morning in 1945

5. Who is "Princess?"
(a) Roland Weary's wife
(b) The woman in Roland's picture
(c) A German shepherd dog
(d) Billy's first girlfriend

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kilgore Trout doing when Billy first meets him?

2. What was the prized possession of the Commander who captured Billy and Roland?

3. What do humans look like to the Tralfamadorans?

4. What does the author compare the march of American prisoners to?

5. Where does Billy time travel to after the Carlbad Caverns?

(see the answer key)

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